The problem is that I need one to encrypt a password in the same manner as
the Sun OS. This is because we use the database to populate /etc/passwd.
So if the OS can't compare passwords with what is stored in the database,
then nobody will be able to log into the Unix box.
Thanks for you help,
Rick Stephenson
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 14:57:34 -0400
Subject: RE: Encrypting a password
DBMS_OBFUSCATION package is exactly what you want.
I have build something like this with DBMS_OBFUSCATION although I did not
compare against /etc/passwd.
I simply provided a "login" procedure, createKey, savePassword,
retrievePassword.
I used a createKey function to create keys that were basically RAW(128) if
I
remember correctly, then I had password stored encrypted in the database,
then another table with a FK to the user table which stored the key in
encrypted form.
You would need to join the key table with the encrypted password to decrypt
or cross exam.
"Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if
both are frozen."
Christopher R. Spence
Oracle DBA
Fuelspot
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